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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables

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Summary
Utility patents by country of assignee, U.S. and non-U.S., companies only
Country Utility patents
    Assignee(s) Title (patent number)  
 Number
Argentina 1
    HILDING OHLSSON, S.A. (Buenos Aires, AR) Procedure for the sex determination of embryos in mammals especially applied to bovine embryos (5578449)  
Australia 49
    ADVANCED RIVERINA HOLDINGS, LTD. (New South Wales, AU) Determination of genetic sex in ruminants using Y-chromosome specific polynucleotides (5459038)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Enhanced maintenance of pregnancy using leukaemia inhibitory factor in embryo culturing (5366888)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Leukaemia inhibitory factor from livestock species and use thereof to enhance implantation and development of embryonic cells (5418159)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Amplified DNA assay using a double stranded DNA binding protein (5536648)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Leukaemia inhibitory factor from livestock species and use thereof to enhance implantation and development of embryonic cells (5641676)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Enhanced implantation, development and maintenance of embryos using leukaemia inhibitory factor (5712156)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Leukemia inhibitory factor from mammalian species and use thereof to enhance implantation and development of embryos (5962321)  
    ARTHUR WEBSTER PTY. LTD. (Sydney, AU) Low virulence infectiouns laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus for vaccinating birds (5436005)  
    AUSTGEN-BIOJET INTERNATIONAL PTY, LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Novel microorganism and method (4681852)  
    BIO POLYMERS PTY. LTD. (Melbourne, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Industrial pharmaceutical and cosmetics applications for cultured plant cell gums (5747297)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU) Vaccines against animal parasitic nematodes (5843710)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU) Oral vaccines (6103243)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Haemonchus contortus vaccine (5525508)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5734035)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Vaccines against animal parasitic nematodes (5843706)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5871738)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5942413)  
    DARATECH PROPRIETARY LTD. (Victoria, AU) Yeasts as a biocontrol for microbial diseases of fruit (5525132)  
    FB INVESTMENTS PTY LTD. (Woolloongabba, AU) Formulations of plant culture media and applications therefor (5604125)  
    FB INVESTMENTS PTY LTD. (Woolloongabba, AU) Method of random amplification of polymorphic DNA (5759821)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes (5707835)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes (5747335)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Hammerhand ribozymes (5840874)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) DNA-armed ribozymes and minizymes (6083744)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes with optimized hybridizing arms, stems, and loops, tRNA embedded ribozymes and compositions thereof (6107078)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes (6127114)  
    GENECO PTY LTD. (Brisbane, AU) Detection of a nucleic acid sequence or a change therein (5856092)  
    GENTECH AUSTRALIA LTD. (South Melbourne, AU) Preparation of plasmid DNA and products thereof (4755464)  
    GOODMAN FIELDER LTD. (North Ride, AU) High amylose starch and resistant starch fractions (5977454)  
    GROPEP PTY LTD. (Adelaide, AU); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US); EMBREX INC. (Research Triangle Park, NC US) Method of administering IGF-1, IGF-2, and analogs thereof to birds (5444045)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Avian embryo cell aggregate biomass for producing tick-born encephalitis virus/virus antigen (5391491)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Avian embryo cell aggregate biomass for producing virus/virus antigen and method for producing virus/virus antigen (5550051)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Recombinant fowlpox virus (5670367)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Method of quantitating genomic DNA (5858658)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding a 3',5'-hydroxylase and uses therefor (5349125)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor (5569832)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor (5639870)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonol synthase enzymes and uses therefor (5859329)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding glycosyltransferase enzymes and uses therefor (5859334)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor (5861487)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Transgenic plants having altered anthocyann levels (5948955)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Transgenic plants exhibiting altered flower color and methods for producing same (6080920)  
    LUMINIS PTY. LTD. (Adelaide, AU) Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 carrying transfer-deficient pAgK84 plasmids (5354684)  
    LUMINIS PTY. LTD. (Adelaide, AU) Transgenic pigs (5573933)  
    PROGEN INDUSTRIES LTD (Darra, AU) Method and apparatus for DNA extraction (5989431)  
    SGB AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Nutrient status of plants in soils (5770787)  
    SOUTHERN CROSS BIOTECH PARTY, LTD (Melbourne, AU) Process for the production of recombinant polypeptides (5747290)  
    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); DARATECH PROPRIETARY LTD. (Victoria, AU) Bacteriocin piscicolin 126 (6054163)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK); ICI AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS PROPRIETARY LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Maize acetyl CoA carboxylase encoding DNA clones (5854420)  
Austria 3
    DSM CHEMIE LINZ GMBH (Linz, AT) (S)-hydroxynitrilelyase from Hevea brasiliensis (6046042)  
    EPIPHARM ALLERGIE-SERVICE GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. (Linz, AT) Immobilization of ligands by radio-derivatized polymers (5196478)  
    VOEST-ALPINE INDUSTRIENLAGENBAU GMBH (Linz, AT) Preparation of xylanase by cultivating Thermomyces lanuginosus DSM 5826 in a medium containing corn cobs (5183753)  
Bahamas 1
    POLYDEX CHEMICALS LTD. (Nassau, BS) Tissue culture and cell growth-promoting material and its method of manufacture (4520107)  
Belgium 80
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified prokaryotic glucose isomerase enzymes with altered pH activity profiles (5340738)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Mutant microbial .alpha.-amylases with increased thermal, acid and/or alkaline stability (5364782)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Glucose isomerase enzymes and their use (5376536)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Glucose isomerases with an altered pH optimum (5384257)  
    IMPROBIO (Nivelles, BE) Nucleic acid probe containing a terminal carbamyl linking non-radioactive labeling and preparating processes (5218102)  
    JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. (Beerse, BE) Antimicrobial and plant-growth-regulating triazole derivatives (4160838)  
    JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. (Beerse, BE) Method of localizing nucleic acids bound to polyamide supports (4775631)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Cloning vectors comprising a restriction site bank and the construction thereof (4657858)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Genes conferring on yeasts a resistance to herbicides (4745065)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Promoters for the expression of foreign genes in yeast, plasmids comprising them, and use thereof for the production of polypeptides (4990446)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Transformed yeasts for producing lysozyme, plasmids used for this transformation, method of producing lysozyme (5336609)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Agents and procedures for the transfer of proteins and/or nucleic acids onto a supported receptor surface (4839231)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins in plants (5254799)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic peptides isolated from hemolymph of honeybees (5300629)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic to diabrotica species (5369027)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Method of controlling coleotera using Bacillus thuringiensis strains MG P-14025 and LMG P-14026 (5422106)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants transformed with a DNA sequence from Bacillus thuringiensis lethal to Lepidoptera (5460963)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their genes encoding insecticidal toxins (5466597)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for the production of biologically active peptide via the expression of modified storage seed protein genes in transgenic plants (5487991)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Control of ostrinia (5530197)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in plants (5545565)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Stamen-specific promoters from corn (5589610)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Control of Ostrinia (5628995)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with genetic female sterility (5633441)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal-crystal protein genes and their expression in plant cells (5633446)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Stamen-specific promoters from rice (5639948)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (5641664)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants (5646024)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants (5648477)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Stamen-selective promoters (5652354)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Diabrotica toxins (5659123)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation of monocot cells (5679558)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal toxins (5683691)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants modified with barstar for fertility restoration (5689041)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (5712135)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their genes encoding insecticidal toxins (5723756)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers (5723763)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Maintenance of male-sterile plants (5750867)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Endotoxins (5760181)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in plants (5767372)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers seeds or embryos (5767374)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers (5792929)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their genes encoding insecticidal toxins (5837237)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endotoxins in plants (5843898)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (5861543)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Recombinant plant expressing non-competitively binding insecticidal crystal proteins (5866784)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal-crystal protein genes and their expression in plant cells (5877306)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Use of anthocyanin genes to maintain male sterile plants (5880331)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (5885571)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Recombinant plant expressing non-competitively binding Bt insecticidal crystal proteins (5908970)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified Bacillus thuringiensis genes with improved expression in plant cells, methods of production on and use (5952547)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Maintenance of male-sterile plants (5977433)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Gene expression in plants (5994526)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (6002070)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Use of anthocyanin genes to maintain male sterile plants (6008437)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Method to obtain male sterile plants (6025546)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (6028246)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers (6046382)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Genetic transformation using a PARP inhibitor (6074876)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (6074877)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation method for plants (6140553)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous peptide (5717084)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous polypeptide (5728925)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous peptide (6063601)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous polypeptide (6130366)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BIOGEN, INC. (Cambridge, MA US) Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants (5561236)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); EMBRAPA (Brasilia, BR) Process for the production of transgenic plants with increased nutritional value via the expression of modified 2S storage albumins (5589615)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); EMBRAPA (Brasilia, BR) Seed-specific promoter region (5623067)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Methods and means for controlling the stability of proteins (5290690)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Live brovine adenovirus vaccines, preparation thereof and method of vaccination using them (3962424)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Pre-farrowing pregnant sow piglet colibacillosis vaccines and process for their administration to pregnant sows before farrowing (4053584)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Vaccines against oedema disease of piglets (4136181)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Live Newcastle disease virus vaccine (4235876)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Temperature sensitive strains of bovine viral diarrhoea virus, preparation thereof and vaccines containing them (4618493)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) DNA encoding an antigenic protein derived from Eimeria tenella and vaccines for prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella (4874705)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Antigenic proteins and vaccines containing them for prevention of coccidiosis caused by eimeria Eimeria necatrix and Eimeria tenella (5028694)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) DNA encoding an antigenic protein derived from Eimeria tenella and vaccines for prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella (5187080)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Process for transforming cells (5364779)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Expression of surface layer proteins (5874267)  
    SOREMARTEC S.A. (Schoppach-Arlon, BE) Isolation and sequencing of the hazel FAD2-Ngene (6025172)  
Bulgaria 1
    DSO (Zagora, BG) Method for obtaining mycelium from the genus Polyporus (4212947)  
Canada 68
    ABI BIOTECHNOLOGY INC. (Winnipeg, CA) Alpha-amylase inhibitor (4910297)  
    ABI BIOTECHNOLOGY INC. (Winnipeg, CA) Sprout-damaged wheat flour containing barley alpha-amylase inhibitor (5047257)  
    AGRIUM, INC. (Calgary, CA) Enhancement of conifer seedling growth (5640803)  
    AGRO ELEMENTS (Toronto, CA) Crop growth promotion (5017374)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Process for transferring cytoplasmic elements in Brassica, and products thereof (4751347)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Aspergillus niger transformation system (4885249)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Shuttle vectors from rhodococcus equi (4920054)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Recombinant DNA system for Aspergillus (5171672)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Promoters for gene expression (5629205)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine heat shock promoter and uses thereof (5521084)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine heat shock promoter and uses thereof (5733745)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Methods for production of recombinant plasmids (5922583)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine heat shock promoter and uses thereof (5981224)  
    CANADA PACKERS LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Immunoglobulins for administration to piglets (4096244)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); PARRHEIM FOODS (Saskatoon, CA) Insecticidal factor from field peas (5955082)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); PHILOM BIOS (Saskatoon, CA) Method and compositions for controlling round-leaved mallow using Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae, A.T.C.C. 20767 (5296369)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Enhanced nucleic acid amplification process (5130238)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Nucleic acid amplification process (5409818)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Expression system comprising DNA encoding the signal peptide of protease B from Streptomyces griseus (5514590)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Streptomyces proteases and improved streptomyces strains for expression of peptides and polypeptides (5616485)  
    COMINCO FERTILIZERS LTD. (Calgary, CA) Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for agronomic, nonroot crops (5503651)  
    COMINCO FERTILIZERS LTD. (Calgary, CA) Bacterial cultures for root-colonizing plants (5503652)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4808526)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4808527)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4812410)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4816399)  
    HSC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Toronto, CA); SEABRIGHT CORPORATION (St. John's, CA) Transgenic salmonid fish expressing exogenous salmonid growth hormone (5545808)  
    ID BIOMEDICAL CORP. (Burnaby, CA) Compositions and methods for detecting target nucleic acid sequences utilizing adjacent sequence-enzyme molecules (5731146)  
    ID BIOMEDICAL CORP. (Burnaby, CA) Additives for use in cycling probe reactions (6136533)  
    IOGEN CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Pretreatment process for conversion of cellulose to fuel ethanol (5916780)  
    IOGEN CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes for enhanced production of beta-glucosidase (6015703)  
    IOGEN CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Pretreatment process for conversion of cellulose to fuel ethanol (6090595)  
    KALYX BIOSCIENCES INC. (Ottawa, CA) Method of amplification for increasing the sensitivity of detecting nucleic acid-probe target hybrids (5627030)  
    KALYX BIOSCIENCES INC. (Ottawa, CA) Enhancing detection polymerase chain reaction assays by RNA transcription and immunodetection of RNA:DNA hybrids (5827661)  
    KELOWNA NURSERIES LTD. (Kelowna, CA) Micropropagation of plant material (4361984)  
    KINETIC INVESTMENTS LTD. (Chatham, CA) Generation of unidirectional deletion mutants (5356773)  
    KINGROUP INC. (Chatham, CA) Method of producing plant cell lines and plant hybrids (5043282)  
    KRONEM SYSTEMS, INC. (Mississauga, CA) Enzyme-amplified lanthanide chelate luminescence (5262299)  
    LABATT BREWING CO., LTD. (London, CA) Genetically stable allopolyploid somatic fusion product useful in the production of fuel alcohols (4772556)  
    LABATT BREWING CO., LTD. (London, CA) Rapid two-stage polymerase chain reaction method for detection of lactic acid bacteria in beer (6103468)  
    LORNE PARK RESEARCH, INC. (Toronto, CA) Assaying nucleotides in solution using a fluorescent intensity quenching effect (5846729)  
    METHYLGENE, INC. (Montreal, CA) Optimized antisense oligonucleotides complementary to DNA methyltransferase sequences (6066625)  
    N.O/ED.AB IMMUNOASSAY, INC. (Markham, CA) Nanoparticles biosensor (5922537)  
    NEXIA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Montreal, CA) Direct gene transfer into the ruminant mammary gland (5780009)  
    NEXIA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Montreal, CA) Method for development of transgenic dwarf goats (5907080)  
    PEGASUS PENSION FUND S.A. (Montreal, CA) Method of producing plants mycorrhyzated with symbiotic fungi (4345403)  
    PERFORMANCE PLANTS, INC. (Kingston, CA) Phosphate-deficiency inducible promoter (5922564)  
    PERFORMANCE PLANTS, INC. (Kingston, CA) Plant phosphatases (5977435)  
    PHYTOBIOTECH INC. (Laval, CA) Method for increasing the growth of plant cell cultures (6069009)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA); ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Indexing linkers (5508169)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA); ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Indexing linkers (5858656)  
    RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Ruminant feed supplement and process for producing same (4044156)  
    SEMBIOSYS GENETICS INC. (Calgary, CA) Oil-body proteins as carriers of high-value peptides in plants (5650554)  
    SEMBIOSYS GENETICS INC. (Calgary, CA) Oil-body protein cis-elements as regulatory signals (5792922)  
    SEMBIOSYS GENETICS INC. (Calgary, CA) Preparation of heterologous proteins on oil bodies (5948682)  
    STERITECH, INC. (Concord, CA) Methods for treatment of enzyme preparations (5532145)  
    TERRAGEN DIVERSITY INC. (Vancouver, CA) Method for isolating xylanase gene sequences from soil DNA, compositions useful in such method and compositions obtained thereby (5849491)  
    VETREPHARM, INC. (London, CA) Method for stimulation of reproductive performance (5632995)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Virtual DNA sequencer (5776767)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for amplification and sequencing of nucleic acid polymers (5789168)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and kit for quantitation and nucleic acid sequencing of nucleic acid analytes in a sample (5795722)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for single-tube sequencing of nucleic acid polymers (5830657)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and system for DNA sequence determination and mutation detection with reference to a standard (5853979)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for identification of mutations using ligation of multiple oligonucleotide probes (5888731)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and apparatus for thermal cycling and for automated sample preparation with thermal cycling (5897842)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and apparatus for alignment of signals for use in DNA based-calling (5916747)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and apparatus for DNA-sequencing using reduced number of sequencing mixtures (5981186)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for bi-directional sequencing of nucleic acid polymers (6083699)  
Denmark 123
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Plasmid having temperature dependent plasmid copy number (4487835)  
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Process for producing gene products of plasmid having temperature dependent plasmid copy number (4495287)  
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Bacteria carrying plasmid having temperature dependent plasmid copy number (4499189)  
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Stabilized plasmids (4760022)  
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Plasmids with conditional uncontrolled replication behavior (4806471)  
    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Post-transcriptional heme regulated heterologous gene expression in yeast using the leg hemoglobin leader sequence (4849348)  
    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Method for the expression of genes in plants, parts of plants, and plant cell cultures, and DNA fragments, plasmids, and transformed microorganisms to be used when carrying out the method, as well as the use thereof for the expression of genes in plants (4886753)  
    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Potato .alpha.-amylase genes (5498832)  
    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Potato .alpha.-amylase (6147277)  
    BENZON PHARMA A/S (Hvidovre, DK) Stabilization of unstably inherited replicons (5545541)  
    BIOTEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT (Kolding, DK); CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Recombinant lactic acid bacterium containing an inserted promoter and method of constructing same (5837509)  
    BOSTON PROBES, INC. (Boston, MA US); DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) Methods for suppressing the binding of detectable probes to non-target sequences in hybridization assays (6110676)  
    CARLSBERG A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Process for the preparation of C-terminally amidated peptides (5580751)  
    CARLSBERG A/S (Copenhagen, DK); DDR AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN (Berlin, DE) Thermostable (1,3-1,4)-.beta.-glucanase (5470725)  
    CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Lactic acid bacterial suppressor mutants and their use as selective markers and as means of containment in lactic acid bacteria (5691185)  
    CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Applications of fluorescent N-nucleosides and fluorescent structural analogs of N-nucleosides (5763167)  
    DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) Antibody to PNA/nucleic acid complexes (5612458)  
    DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) In situ hybridization to detect specific nucleic acid sequences in eucaryotic samples (5888733)  
    DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) Detection of Ribosomal RNA using PNA probes (5985563)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Transgenic plants or algae expressing an AGP enzyme coupled to a transit peptide (5977437)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Endo .beta.-1,4-glucanase from Aspergillus (6077702)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Enzyme system comprising ferulic acid esterase from Aspergillus (6143543)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Inhibition of gene expression (6147279)  
    DANSKE SUKKERFABRIKKER AK (Copenhagen, DK) Production of improved protein isolate derived from seeds of a grain legume (4677065)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Biological containment (5670370)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Biological Containment (5702916)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Method of limiting the survival of genetically engineered microorganisms in their enivronment (5834233)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Method of limiting the survival of genetically engineered microorganisms in their environment (6017730)  
    NOVO INDUSTRI A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme complex hydrolyzing bacterial cell walls derived from nocardiopsis dassonvillei (5354681)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Preparation of a maltogenic amylase enzyme (4598048)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase enzyme and preparation thereof (4617273)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Starch liquefaction with alpha amylase mixtures (4933279)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Expression system with trans-acting DNA segments (5036002)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Rhizobia transformants which symbiotically fixes nitrogen in non-legumes, a material for treating seeds of a non-legume plant, non-legume seeds, a non-legume plant and a method for producing rhizobia transconjungants (5229291)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Chimeric enzymes (5234823)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Promoters for use in aspergillus (5252726)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Protease (5312748)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable protease from Thermobacteroides (5346820)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable protease from Staphylothermus (5346821)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme capable of degrading cellullose or hemicellulose (5457046)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline protease Bacillus sp. JP 395, method of making and detergent compositions (5466594)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) .beta.-1,4-galactanase and a DNA sequence (5474922)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable Fervidobacterium pullulanases (5486469)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Process for the production of protein products in aspergillus (5536661)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Rhamnogalacturonase, corresponding DNA sequence, rhamnogalacturonase containing enzyme preparation and use of the enzyme preparation (5538884)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Aspergillus aculeatus rhamnogalacturon acetyl esterases, DNA sequences encoding the enzymes and methods of use thereof (5585256)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Xylanase, DNA sequences, coding for the xylanases and methods of use thereof (5610048)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Process for preparing a desired protein (5618697)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Endo-.beta.-1,4-glucanase and a DNA sequence (5624835)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Synthetic leader peptide sequences (5639642)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable protease from thermococcus (5643777)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline proteases obtainable from Bacillus sp. JA16-38A (5650315)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Xylanase process for producing the same method for the treatment of pulp and production of xylo-oligosaccharides (5658765)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme capable of degrading cellulose or hemicellulose (5686593)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Fungal cellulase composition containing alkaline CMC-endoglucanase and essentially no cellobiohydrolase (5691178)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzymes with xylanase activity from Aspergillus aculeatus (5693518)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Bacillus promoter derived from a variant of a bacillus licheniformis X-amylase promoter (5698415)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme exhibiting pectin methylesterase activity (5707847)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with endoglucanase activity (5723328)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Amplification of genomic DNA by site specific integration of a selectable marker construct (5733753)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Useful mutations of bacterial alkaline protease (5741694)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline lipases (5763383)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Humicola lipase produced in aspergillus (5766912)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) DNA constructs and methods of producing xylanolytic enzymes (5770424)  
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